Executive Committee Minutes 12/08/21

LAUC-B Ex Comm - meeting agenda - 12/08/21 10 am -12:00 pm

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Present: Susan McElrath, Abby Scheel, Kate Peck, Lara Michels, Sine Hwang Jensen, Anna Sackmann, Ramona Collins, Ann Glusker, Christina Velazques Fidler, Jose Adrian Baragan-Alvarez

I. Announcements

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II. Member questions/concerns 

Suggestions for questions for upcoming meetings with the UL

  • Update on Council’s retreat about staffing priorities
  • Future staffing priorities (roadmap?)
  • Where should/could librarians be situating ourselves regarding expected future budget cuts?
  • Related to the November townhall:
    • Where should we share professional information beyond our units if not Libstaff?
    • How can we have conversations with each other on sensitive topics?

Need for more means of addressing the November townhall comments regarding Libstaff issue

  • Outcome: LAUC-B Exec will send out a survey ASAP to membership asking for responses to the comments - Abby S., Ann G., and Anna S.
  • Distribute to other staff groups? Distribute from Diversity Committee? Christina V.-F. will bring to Diversity Committee to allow them to use the survey or develop their own.

III. Reports

  • Treasurer (L. Michels)
    • November expenditures: $673.00
      • Employee development and training: $200
      • Conferences: $0
      • Memberships: $473.00
      • Out-of-State Travel: $0
    • Total expenditures FYTD: $3,651.86
    • 2021/2022 budget still awaiting approval
  • Meeting with UL  Next Meeting January 6 (S. McElrath)
    • No December meeting with UL
  • November LIBR meeting (C. Emmelhainz) 
  • LAUC statewide conference call Next Meeting December 13 (S. McElrath)
    • Question from LAUC Statewide Chair - Would the week of March 14, 2022 work for the statewide assembly? It will be a hybrid format. - No objection

IV. Continuing/Outstanding Business

  • Fall Assembly Debrief (All)
    • What are the key takeaways from the breakout sessions? Are there specific initiatives/tasks LAUC should undertake?
      • Burnout session: collective culture, individual action impacts larger culture (e.g. answering emails while on vacation sets a standard for others)
      • Susan M. asks all members to add comments to notes documents and Exec will discuss at next meeting. Please comment before January meeting.
      • Onboarding: recommendation for more opportunities for new LAUC members to meet colleagues. In Spring can LAUC host a mixer for “getting to know you again, again.”? Also include information about LAUC-B committees and service opportunities
    • Let’s share relevant recommendations to other groups like CAPA or Library administration.
  • Spring meetings - Do we want to meet in person or via Zoom? - Agree to keep meetings on Zoom

V. New Business

  • Status of Critical Librarianship Reading Group (R. Collins)
    • Recommendation: set this up separately from Diversity Committee as standalone group - does this need to be a standing committee within LAUC? A more informal group not affiliated with any group?
    • Need to diversify responsibility for leading the meetings so doesn’t fall on one individual (as happens often now)
    • Need for protection of LAUC-B support for academic freedom to have these discussions
    • Will continue this discussion in upcoming meetings
  • Approve appointment of Jennifer Dorner as LAUC-B Webmaster - approved
  • Nominate/approve members of Distinguished Librarian Award Committee - Ramona C. (past chair) is working on member list - tabled until next meeting